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Reply to: doi:10.1007/s00464-009-0677-y: Re: Natural orifice surgery on thyroid gland—totally transoral video-assisted thyroidectomy (TOVAT)—report of first experimental results of a new surgical method (2009 (23):1119–1120)

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Drs. T. Benhidjeb, T. Wilhelm, J. Harlaar, G.-J. Kleinrensink, T. A. J. Schneider, and M. Stark have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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  1. Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    T. Benhidjeb

  2. New European Surgical Academy (NESA), Berlin, Germany

    T. Benhidjeb, Tom A. J. Schneider & M. Stark

  3. Department of Otolaryngology, Head, Neck & Facial Plastic Surgery, HELIOS Hospitals Leipzig Country, Borna, Germany

    T. Wilhelm

  4. Department of Neuroscience-Anatomy, ErasmusMC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    J. Harlaar, G.-J. Kleinrensink & Tom A. J. Schneider

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Benhidjeb, T., Wilhelm, T., Harlaar, J. et al. Reply to: doi:10.1007/s00464-009-0677-y: Re: Natural orifice surgery on thyroid gland—totally transoral video-assisted thyroidectomy (TOVAT)—report of first experimental results of a new surgical method (2009 (23):1119–1120). Surg Endosc 24, 959–960 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0685-y

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